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| Issuer | Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Рэспубліка Беларусь КАРТКА СПАЖЫЎЦА на 200 рублёў Прозвішча __________ Кім выдадзена __________ Кіраўнік __________ Галоўны бухгалтар __________ М. П. ПАДРОБКА ПРАСЛЕДУЕЦЦА ПА ЗАКОНУ (Translation: Republic of Belarus, Consumer card for 200 Rubles, Last name / Issuing authority / Administrator / Chief accountant, Counterfeiting is prosecuted by law) |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted white reverse bearing faint horizontal ruled lines across the full sheet, consistent with standard ration booklet paper stock. A circular administrative ink stamp impression from the obverse has bled through, visible near the centre of the sheet. |
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Belarus issued this note in 1991 under its newly declared independence, before the country had developed its own printing infrastructure. The series it belongs to — the so-called "Zaichiki" or "bunny money," named for the animal imagery — was produced hastily and represented the republic's first attempt to separate its currency from the Soviet ruble system, though the transition was incomplete and chaotic throughout 1991–1992.
The P#A7 designation reflects catalog uncertainty about the issue sequence. Notes from this period circulated alongside Soviet rubles for months, creating dual-currency confusion that the Belarusian government never fully resolved before hyperinflation rendered the entire first series effectively worthless by mid-decade.